Beyond the CV

While my resume outlines my academic appointments, grants, and administrative roles, the heartbeat of my work is relational. I view higher education as a vital incubator for civic health. Whether I am guiding doctoral candidates through the humanistic traditions of qualitative research, training student leaders to advocate for their peers at the state capitol, or collaborating with faculty to weave civic learning into their curricula, my goal remains the same: fostering empathy, ethical reasoning, and a deep commitment to the public good

When I am not on campus, in a classroom, or contributing to professional boards, you can usually find me exploring the outdoors, digging into a great book on leadership ethics, or tending to my backyard chickens and beehives.

Core Areas of Inquiry

Values-Driven Leadership & Ethics: How leaders align organizational culture with deeply held human values.

Civic Identity & Democratic Engagement: Building experiential pathways that turn students into active, lifelong participants in democratic life.

Humanities-Based Pedagogy: Utilizing tools like qualitative inquiry and reflective writing to solve contemporary civic challenges

Let’s Connect

If you are interested in collaborative research, speaking engagements on student civic identity, or discussing innovative models for campus-wide civic coalitions, feel free to reach out via LinkedIn or use the contact form.